科举考试
Traditional form:
科舉考試
Pinyin (reading):
kējǔkǎoshì
Definitions:
- imperial examinations (in former times)
Characters:
- 科 - section, department; field, branch; science
- 举 - to raise; to recommend; to praise
- 考 - to test, to investigate, to examine
- 试 - to try, to experiment; exam, test
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